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There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
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His mind is concrete and fastidious,
His nose is remarkably big;
His visage is more or less hideous,
His beard it resembles a wig.
Edward Lear
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
May 12, 1812
Died:
January 29, 1888
(aged 75)
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